Example sentences of "and [adj] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What we see in Satan is the horrible co-existence of a subtle and incessant intellectual activity with an incapacity to understand anything . |
| 2 | Then it began climbing again to give wonderful views over the tilting layers of rock and lush green land behind us . |
| 3 | They still need to start with ‘ subjective ’ descriptions of psychologists , subjects , and specific mental processes like memory and language comprehension , which are then translated into a form a computer can deal with . |
| 4 | The list referred only briefly and somewhat obliquely to classroom practice , recommending ( but not defining ) : a stimulating and challenging learning environment ; flexible teaching strategies to meet the identified needs of individual pupils ; and specific practical help for individuals and small groups . |
| 5 | Consequently in Britain there is a strong tradition of investigating the prevalence of ill health and specific medical conditions among older people . |
| 6 | Certain tumour markers such as thyroglobulin and prostate specific antigen can provide sensitive and specific diagnostic information about the primary site of metastatic thyroid and prostate tumours . |
| 7 | White and Florentine green flooring from the Marble Collection by Amtico , from £53 per sq m . |
| 8 | In 1979 households were delicately ordered and hierarchical social groups in which the senior man had nominal control of everyone : of the women and children , of the other men and , in the experience of living men and women , of attached client and slave households . |
| 9 | The Labour government of 1974 continued and expanded regional policies by establishing a multiplicity of job creation schemes in an effort to stem the rising tide of unemployment . |
| 10 | Changes to the tax and benefit structure , and expanded economic opportunity in the ghetto , may reduce the number of children born outside marriage . |
| 11 | Kirgizia had signed an economic agreement with Turkmenia on July 16 , and a treaty with the RSFSR on July 21 , granting Russian credit to Kirgizia and expanded economic co-operation between the republics . ) |
| 12 | Exceptions to this were the case of the Chilean urban poor before and during the Allende period and Peruvian collective action during the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 13 | Nicholas Soames , the aristocratically toned and booming Tory MP for Crawley , can still make him stumble at the despatch box by muttering ‘ Another G and T , Giovanni ’ . |
| 14 | The survey attempted to differentiate between caring and normal domestic labour by asking about ‘ extra ’ responsibilities . |
| 15 | The suggestion that there might be a ‘ precoeliac ’ state was first made by Weinstein who described two patients with dermatitis herpetiformis and normal jejunal biopsies in whom typical coeliac like enteropathy developed some weeks after 20 g gluten was added to their already gluten containing diet . |
| 16 | She wore a black cotton frock with a very full skirt and frilly lace-edged petticoat underneath it , just showing . |
| 17 | Lord Waddington — former Home Secretary , until recently Leader of the House of Lords and eternal British bulldog of the Tory Right — gulps as he hears his fate in the post-election reshuffle . |
| 18 | Printout method for large , or intarsia , designs using a laser printer or inkjet printer and non-continuous single sheets of paper . |
| 19 | Their mission in life appears to be competing with one another in a race to remould their ancient and historic rural buildings into approximations of Birmingham town centre . |
| 20 | At Collioure there was a great castle built right on the sea , and little boats , and placid fat women in black stockings . |
| 21 | However , the King 's Fund researchers argue that limited private sector expansion may lead to ‘ distortion in NHS planning priorities , cost inflation and possible adverse effects on NHS labour supply ’ ( King 's Fund Institute , 1988 , p. 24 ) . |
| 22 | Accountancy firm Grant Thornton will give free telephone support and possible on-site assistance to customers buying the package . |
| 23 | It assesses , in detail , the present situation and possible future developments in the United Kingdom , places these developments in the context of similar activities in other advanced industrial nations ; and should draw generalisable conclusions on means of securing a readier acceptance of new technologies by the public as consumers and as citizens . |
| 24 | This was conceived as potentially the Durham report of Africa , the authoritative statement of the continent 's past history , present problems , and possible future lines of political and economic evolution . |
| 25 | The day hospital facilitates prolonged observation , allowing the assessment of consistency of a patient 's behaviour and possible behavioural modification to be achieved . |
| 26 | It has the advantage that current drawn by the arms of the bridge is supplied by the source and so loading of the ratio windings and possible consequential disturbance of the potential difference ratio from is avoided . |
| 27 | As one correspondent notes , handbells provide ‘ as good a practical and possible evangelistic tool as a church can have ’ . |
| 28 | A report by the US Senate foreign relations committee released on Feb. 6 condemned the UN 's failure to respond to ceasefire violations , and to threats by Moroccan forces to fire on unarmed UN military observers ; the UN peacekeeping mission in the territory was in jeopardy , the report said , because of mismanagement and possible financial irregularities in its US$58,000,000 budget . |
| 29 | The counsellor can play an important part in monitoring the quality , effectiveness and possible iatrogenic effects of medical treatment , and can do so without necessarily bringing into question medical authority or competence . |
| 30 | Advocate them only if you are sure that the parents can complete them without loss of temper and possible physical risk to the child . |